Fab-Maker: Fostering Alliance and Building Makerspaces and Workshops

-Establish a cross-border collaboration between Czech and German FabLabs, openLabs, and makerspaces, and advocating for their needs and challenges. -Identify and document best practices for managi...

-Establish a cross-border collaboration between Czech and German FabLabs, openLabs, and makerspaces, and advocating for their needs and challenges. -Identify and document best practices for managing an association of openLabs. -Empower local FabLabs and makerspaces by facilitating knowledge exchange and collaborative efforts. -Create a handbook as a practical guide for other FabLabs and makerspaces, offering insights for establishing an association and strategies for advocating for their needs.

-Establish a structured project management framework to coordinate activities and stakeholders effectively -Develop a comprehensive handbook documenting best practices for managing FabLabs and makerspaces based on collaborative insights and peer reviews -Organize a series of practical workshops in Germany and in the Czech Republic to enhance operational efficiency, community engagement, and advocacy strategies for FabLabs -Disseminate the outputs

-Collaboration and advocacy efforts for Czech and German FabLabs -Empowerment of local FabLabs and makerspaces -Development of effective advocacy strategy for a more unified representation of their interests at the local, national and EU level -Network of advocates and leaders -Documentation of best practices for dissemination in other organizations -Empowered participating organizations for better serving their communities meet diverse educational needs, and expand their reach